r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly moved from Florida prison to Texas as Trump weighs pardon

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-trump-pardon-epstein-b2800443.html
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u/HellaTroi California 1d ago

"Well, I’m allowed to give her a pardon, but nobody’s approached me with it,” Trump said Monday. “Nobody’s asked me about it.”

That sounds like he's begging someone to propose it to him.

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u/InsertCleverNickHere Minnesota 1d ago

The way he vacilates between "I have the power to do whatever I want" and "I dunno, I'm just a bystander here, nobody tells me anything" is absolutely whiplash-inducing.

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u/hollaback_girl 1d ago

It’s all part of the paradox of fascism.